Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-11-17
No. 29
CuEATERS OF TOILERS.
HOW THEY ARE SERVED BY THE
WOMEN'S PROTECTIVE UNIONS.

Same Of fhr Gases Undertaken by the
Organization in New I"rk-lI"w Malls
>windlrr, are brought t" Term,-The'
Complaints
a pretty ,larl, eyed girl with d.licatofaco
whrh was not less ttraciivr lecalise uf Anulu
traces IF sorrow upon it, entered the Ollie" Of
Working Womcns Protective nninm one day
recently.
"l want to get my money She said to tha
superintendent. Madam - tlnd she
gave the name Of II fashionable Fifth avenus
lrr.omak"N owes me- S;is for work.
oh, yes" said the >uprlint li,icnt. "We
know that drcS>nak"r. Iou are not tho first
one to complain against her."
Then the aurl! eyed .jrl told hor story,
Her father Wa, an italian artist III England,
Sh" came To thi. country it'll hcr brother,
and he deserted her She used her nrc,iu t,'
support herself in various places and finally
an ,Nrrrl the Fifth avenue ire,>rnakrr> nl-
vcrli-"mcNt for Il iinish,'r at so u week The
drrS>makcr paid her II little ut u timH, hut
never all ,h" Dwell. Sine wanted the $:,s due
her t" pay her passage back to England;
where her father was The ,ires>maE,r told
her that ,br had spoiled her work, which was
not rae because She had seen the work ar-
rcp',ri bv tine customers
The SuIsrintrnlr believing tho girls
story Opened her batteries on IN" fashionable
'ir,>>noter hy sending her the foilnwinS:
"MADAN -: y complaint n-ai,ls, vou
has been l.ft at this office 10y -. who nte.c.
that YOU owe her So which SIT" is inahl. t.,
r".l"t If there is amy jas, cu,,Sn why 81.
should not receive ,hi, money, You will rlcusu
make it personally Eu"wu to Us within three
days, on else We shall! ho obliged to a:>uu.o
that Your silence l. an admission OF the ,lc'tj
AND to place the matter before the court TO,
collection. Yours respectfully,
NJ. W. FENRi:K, Superintendent.
Nv" Wi have that money for YOU tuuor-
row, think >nni the superintendent to tho
girl, and turning II iii" reporter she said;
"Tnnt madam las refused several times tn
pay similar claims, but has always don"
when thry were presented hv the union. We
have COLLECTED nhuu, $500 from hrr ia Suall
SUMS for poor girls. Very little difficulty j.
experienced IN collecting th@S" claims after
employers t@' roughly comprehend tnat they
have - ,."al with a powerful organization,
and No. with a trtr'I>,'l,ss working woman
against what class ni employers do you
reroiv" most cumpl1imtr:'
against drre>malris, I think. Why,
hn"w 0t on" doing business now who has do
frHuhd thirty Girls al least, for We have that
many iulEm"ut' against E"r She has
lar-;3 nous" 81, san,ly furnished with turn-
tnrc obtained un til" il>tNi..n"nt llan aud
that We can't touch til tho lnstalIm"lty are
paid. She Is Il very >IIlrwd woman, and has
fixed nil her property ;" we cann"t ge, at it,"
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